alohapersona3

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   by alohapersona3 3y ago

   > What exactly do you think is stopping such contributions? 2/5 foundation board members are from New Vector. At least another 2/5 foundation board members have strong personal ties with New Vector. 7/8 spec team members a
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   by alohapersona3 3y ago

   Not entirely. Under the Apache license, everyone can contribute to the Apache-licensed code and mix that code with proprietary code as they wish. Under AGPL-only that's not possible, only code that was contributed under Element's
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   by alohapersona3 3y ago

   Why would it be relevant, who I am? I am interested in the future of Matrix as an open, decentralized protocol. I increasingly see a risk in the behavior of New Vector as the VC-funded effective owner of the Matrix protocol. To me, the Matr
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   by alohapersona3 3y ago

   If next there is "Synapse Pro" that is proprietary and sold by Element and includes features not present in the open source version of Synapse but relevant to company or government use of Matrix, the AGPL-only version of Synapse w
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   by alohapersona3 3y ago

   Luckily, it doesn't matter what individuals expect. There is written documentation on what the foundation is supposed to do or not to do: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/mai... N
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   Financial situation of the Matrix.org Foundation(github.com)

   129 points by alohapersona3 3y ago|66 comments